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Le Romance du Cortés (The Song of Cortez) (Furnishing Fabric)

DesignerFrench, founded 1815
ManufacturerFrench, active 1802–1818
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Le Romance du Cortés (The Song of Cortez) (Furnishing Fabric)
  • Set of Fabric or Panels
Datec. 1815
PlaceFrance
MediumCotton
DimensionsOverall (Each): 32 1/2 × 46 in. (82.6 × 116.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number79.285.1-.3
Not on view

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ProvenanceFlorence Peto, Tenafly, New Jersey; acquired by Miss Ima Hogg, April 8, 1954; given to MFAH, 1979.

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Recto detail
1600–1650
Silk satin damask
2022.121
Overall recto
early 18th century
Silk satin damask
2022.122
Fabric
c. 1770–1780
Cotton
79.287.2
Fabric
c. 1810–1820
Cotton
79.286
Furnishing Fabric
Samuel Cholet
c. 1830
Plate-printed cotton
B.76.72.9
Hausa Panel
Calister Thomas
c. 1972
Screen printed cotton
2022.636
"Lazy Leaves" Panel
Ruth Adler Schnee
c. 1953
Polyester, silk, cotton, rayon, and wool blend
2016.120
"Hommage de l’Amerique a la France" Panel
Jean-Baptiste Huët
c. 1785
Cotton
77.374
"Project" Panel
Peter McCulloch
Designed 1965
Screen printed cotton
2017.230
"Ensign" Panel
Barbara Brown
c. 1965
Screen printed cotton
2017.229
"Siena" Panel
Alvar Aalto
1954
Screen printed cotton
2011.1001